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USA National Team player selection/retention

To my knowledge, most US professional sports teams have a General Manager responsible for personnel decisions and a coaching staff that handles the day-to-day training of the team. In some cases, the head coach is also the GM or has input into player recruitment and dismissal.

Do the USA National Volleyball teams follow this model? Who is ultimately responsible for player moves?

I am referring specifically to the controversy surrounding my volleyball mentor, Fred Sturm. There is sufficient evidence to substantiate the claims of a collapse in communication between the players and their coaching staff regarding the futures of team members. Do the coaches themselves have the information to communicate to the players or are the decisions made elsewhere in the USAV hierarchy forcing coaches (management) to conceal information from players (labor)?